The primary aims of government, I suggest, should be three: security, justice, and conservation. These are things of the utmost importance to human happiness, and they are things which only government can bring about. Russell, Bertrand. Authority and the Individual. … Continue reading →

The reason Tortoise couldn’t stop hypothesizing is that an implication never asserts its constituent propositions. Given: A. P is true. B. if P is true then Q is true, (P implies Q). B only asserts the implication. Even if both … Continue reading →